Laura Purdie Salas

Small Reads for Brighters Days

  • Home
  • Laura’s Books
  • Poetry
    • Poems Published Elsewhere
    • My Poetry–a Sampler
    • Poetry Videos
    • How To Write Poetry
      • Poetic Pursuits
  • For Teachers
  • Presentations
  • Freelancer
  • About
    • Press Kit
      • Short Bios
      • Awards & Honors
      • Author Photos
      • Book Covers
      • Book Reviews
      • In the Press
    • Who Am I?
    • How I Became a Writer
  • Blog
    • Review Policy
  • For Writers
You are here: Home / Poems for Teachers / Poem of the Day: No Images (by Waring Cuney)

Poem of the Day: No Images (by Waring Cuney)

April 21, 2010 By Laura

 

Today is Day 4 of my week of school visits in southwestern Minnesota, and today I get to spend ALL day at one school. It’s a luxury!

One thing I love to emphasize with kids is the fun of reading poetry aloud. Check out Marilyn Singer’s recent article that talks about this for School Library Journal. I’m a huge fan of the book/CD Poetry Speaks to Children (aren’t you?), and now the people at Sourcebooks have a terrific new anthology out. Poetry Speaks Who I Am: Poems of Discovery, Inspiration, Independence, and Everything Else… was edited by the terrific Elise Paschen and is geared toward young teens. Like the other entries in the Poetry Speaks… series, this volume features a wide variety of styles and moods and poets, from Poe to Plath, from Nye to Nelson. All the poems were chosen to touch on some of the issues teens deal with, from self-identity to friendship to bra shopping to parents to love and the meaning of life. You’re sure to find something you like here. Probably lots of somethings! And you can listen to many poets read their own work. Here’s one poem I love:

No Images

She does not know
her beauty,
she thinks her brown body
has no glory.

If she could dance
naked
under palm trees
and see her image in the river,
she would know.

But there are no palm trees
on the street,
and dish water gives back
no images.

–Waring Cuney, all rights reserved

 

Cover Image

Tagged With: National Poetry Month 2010 (Poem a Day), poems, poetry books, teen/adult poems

Share:

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)
  • Click to print (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
  • More
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)

Related

« Poem of the Day: The Hot Shot (by Leslie Bulion)
Poem of the Day: Scribbly Gum (by Douglas Florian) »

JULY NEWS

Yvonne Pearson and I are halfway through our fabulous 14-stop storytime tour with our For the Love of Loons program in Minnesota. Want to hear two great picture books and walk, wail, and dive like a loon? Check out our schedule here!

Getting loon in Hinckley, MN

I have one more We Belong storytime, and it's outside on July 13 at the Nicollet Commons Park in Burnsville, MN at 10 a.m. Come read and celebrate our self-worth and identity. See ya there!

I'm also enjoying a visit from one of my Florida sisters, and hopping up to Duluth for a bit of ship-watching. Happy summer, everyone!

Are You Looking For…?

  • Poems for the Classroom
  • Poetryactions
  • 15 Words or Less Poems
  • Poetry Activities for Teachers

Tags

15 Words or Less Poems 30 Painless Classroom Poems anthologies A Rock Can Be... BookSpeak! Can Be... books classroom connections conferences and conventions equation poems events free verse haiku imagepoems image poems J. Patrick Lewis Kidlit Combos Laura's books Laura's poems my writing process National Poetry Month 2014 (riddle-ku) National Poetry Month 2016 nifty news nonfiction books personal photopoetry poems poemsketch Poetry 7 poetryactions poetry books Poetry Friday Poetry Princesses poetry prompts poetry sisters Putrid rhyming nonfiction rhyming poems Riddle-ku school visits snowman-cold student poems teen/adult poems the business side videos Water Can Be...

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

Laura’s Press Kit Components

Who Am I?
Short Bios
Awards & Honors
Author Photos
Book Covers
Book Reviews
In the Press
How I Became a Writer

Laura’s Author Visit Info

VISITS TO SCHOOLS
A Video Intro to Laura’s Author Visits
Virtual Visits with Laura
Small Writes: Write-Along Videos
Printable Flyer (print page 1 only)
Author Visit Programs
Typical Schedules
Author Visit Materials
Multi-Day Visits
Fees
Ordering Books for Events
Where Laura’s Been
Laura’s Report Card from Educators

OTHER PRESENTATIONS

For Libraries & Book Festivals
For Educators
For Writers

Post Categories

Copyright © 2009–2022 · Laura Purdie Salas · WordPress · Log in

loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.